{"id":32858,"date":"2026-08-08T17:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32858"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:13:12","slug":"lindsay-clancy-murder-trial-biggest-revelations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32858","title":{"rendered":"Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial: Biggest Revelations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"adp-vgallery-title\">\n<h2\/>\n<p>Patrick Clancy Says Lindsay Clancy Told Him She Thought About Suicide and Harming Their Kids<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><strong>Lindsay Clancy<\/strong>&#8216;s now-ex-husband was the first witness called to testify during her murder trial, which began July 27 in Plymouth Superior Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old former nurse has not denied killing daughter <strong>Cora<\/strong>, 5, and sons <strong>Dawson<\/strong>, 3, and <strong>Callan<\/strong>, 8 months, but has pleaded not guilty of murder, the defense attributing her actions to postpartum psychosis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patrick Clancy<\/strong> testified that Lindsay struggled with her mental health after giving birth to Callan in May 2023, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/28\/us\/lindsay-clancy-trial-day-1?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc&amp;recs_exp=up-next-article-end&amp;tenant_id=related.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She also sought treatment after Dawson was born in 2019, he said, &#8220;but it didn\u2019t last very long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay&#8217;s &#8220;big spiral,&#8221; as he referred to it, occurred in December 2023 after she started taking a new medication, one of several she&#8217;d been prescribed since September, Patrick said. He testified that Lindsay told him she had &#8220;intrusive thoughts&#8221; about harming their children and herself.<\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t worry about the kids&#8217; safety, he said, because she didn&#8217;t seem to have &#8220;any intention\u201d of actually hurting them.<\/p>\n<p>On Dec. 31, Patrick said, Lindsay went to the E.R. at Massachusetts General Hospital &#8220;because she was still talking about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/27\/us\/live-news\/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements?post-id=cms3golqi00093b6r44b64kbc\">thoughts of suicide<\/a>. 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